SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church says a missionary was electrocuted by a live power line atop a building in Mexico.

    Colt Daniel Kunz of Victor is the 11th proselyting member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to die of illness or an accident this year.

    “In his short service he had been described as the kind of missionary every mission president wants to receive,” church spokesman Eric Hawkins told Teton Valley News. “Our thoughts and prayers are with Elder Kunz’s family, friends and others who mourn his passing.”

    Church spokeswoman Ruth Todd says the 20-year-old arrived in Mexico less than a month ago and died Wednesday. It wasn’t immediately clear how the accident occurred.

    Kunz is a member of the Victor 1st ward. He is the son of Ryan and Ranae Kunz. Ryan is a stake president for the LDS Church.

    He was a 2012 graduate of Teton High School and an accomplished athlete, participating in cross country, basketball, baseball and track and field. He was part of the 2011 state championship cross country team.

    Traffic and other accidents have claimed six other missionaries this year. Another four died from such illnesses as aneurysm, heart attack or tuberculosis meningitis. One of the missionaries was a woman.

    Six of the 11 deaths were in foreign countries.

    The Utah-based faith has 77,000 ambassadors serving around the world, more than at any time in the church’s history.